The next two days were cold and rainy, off and on. I didn’t take quite as many pictures because of it, so I figured I’d just smush the days together on here. 😉
I’m not nearly as talented as one-handed group shots as Jon is. But here we all are on a river boat tour down the River Thames!
It was FREEZING and drizzling the whole time, so I kept my phone in my bag for the most part. I also froze to death but I figured it was more important for Eisley to stay warm and dry.
After the boat tour, we did a little walking. Big Ben was under construction (so sad), but Westminster Abbey was just beautiful!
Walking around while Eisley napped by Buckingham Palace.
The pictures really don’t do the grounds of Buckingham justice. It was so incredibly beautiful. Like it’s own little world inside London. Mom and Nama went to Wimbledon, Dad and Cayce were touring a guard museum and Anna and I just wandered around the grounds while Eisley napped. Such sweet time with her.
Someone woke up so excited to run and play on the grass. And I’m pretty sure we picked up every single leaf in London.
I would spend every weekend on the Buckingham grounds if I lived in London.
Me and my girl checking out the Palace one last time.
The last day in London, we went to Kensington Palace and the British Museum. I have no idea why I have basically no pictures of either of those. So sad – Kensington is beautiful!
We had to wrap up our time in London though the best way we could – Abbey Road! Everyone was such a good sport about my goal to do this four generations picture. Ha! I love how it turned out!!
And then, it was time to head home. We packed up our bags and left the next morning for the airport and our LONG flights home. And – SO thankful – we basically had an empty plane coming back!! Eisley and I had our own row!
She did SO good! I was so proud of how well she did on the flight.
She didn’t fuss at all the entire time. We did watch about six straight hours of Mickey and the Roadster Racers, but you know what, I would take that over screaming. 😉
We even made a tent out of the airplane blankets. Ha!
I let her sleep during our layover in New York, hoping that she would be awake then for the flight home so we could both get home and go straight to bed, since we landed a few minutes before midnight. It sort of worked – she stayed awake, but that just meant I was awake for about 35 hours in a row. It took me about a week to recover!
Back home with our crazy boys who we missed SO much!!! We brought them guard hats and they loved them. Nathan told me that he’d never seen me smile as big as when I came through the doors and saw them waiting for us at the airport. 🙂 We had the BEST time in London but, oh, how I missed my boys!!!
It was definitely the trip of a lifetime and I will never forget it. So thankful that we had the opportunity to go! So thankful we have a home to come back to always.